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Diphtheria.
No cases of diphtheria were notified to the Health Department.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
No cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified during the year.
Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis.
Eight cases of poliomyelitis and six cases of polioencephalitis were notified in
the Borough during the year.
Five cases were left with residual paralysis and further treatment by
physiotherapy was arranged for these cases.
There were two deaths from polioencephalitis.
Notifiable Diseases during the Year.
For the incidence of various infectious diseases, notified during the year,
under age groups and locality, see Appendix, Tables IX and X.
Infectious Disease Visits.
During the year, the health visitors paid 326 visits with reference to cases of
infectious disease. The total number of children examined by the Health Visitors
in the schools was 125.
Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
The number of new cases notified during the year was 126.
Other Forms of Tuberculosis.
The number of new cases notified during the year was 10.
Of the total notifications 28 were received from institutions, (Counly Council
hospitals 3, general hospitals 25.)
Deaths from Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis of the respiratory system, 23; other forms, 1.
For details of new cases notified and deaths in 1949, see Appendix, Table XI,
and for the occupations of new cases see Appendix, Table XII.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 172.
Action under these powers was not necessary during the year.
Irradiation Experiment.
Throughout 1949 the experiment on the control of the spread of infectious
diseases amongst children by means of Irradiation of the Upper Air in classrooms
and school halls continued It was decided by the Medical Research Council that
an end would be made to the experiment in December, 1949, and that statistics of,
and reports on, the results of the investigation could only be published after the
whole period of work had been surveyed.
This report is not yet published and consideration of it will have to be
upheld until the next Annual Report.
National Assistance Act, 1948—Section 47—Removal to suitable premises of
persons in need of care and attention.
8 cases of complaint of old people said to be living in such bad conditions as
to be in need of care and attention were received during 1949. All of these cases
were investigated and means found to alleviate their circumstances by co-operation
with the Home Helps Service Department and Welfare Department of the County
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